Conferences and Events: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Muñoz Ryan has written over 25 books for young people including the novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, the Americas Award Honor Book and one of five finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It is currently nominated for the California Young Reader Medal. The acclaimed Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride is an ALA Notable Book, an American Booksellers' Book of the Year Finalist, and an IRA Teachers' Choice. Her novel Riding Freedom has garnered many awards including the national Willa Cather Award, and the California Young Reader Medal. Mice and Beans is a recent ALA Notable Book. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California and received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at San Diego State University. She now lives in north San Diego County with her husband. They have four children.

Pam Muñoz Ryan was the Children's Literature Circle Lecturer Series special speaker on

Wednesday, March 26
4:00 pm
Casa Real
San Diego State University

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